MPLS IP VPN Connectivity Services

Virtual Private Network Information and Pricing

A Virtual Private Network allows your employees and remote office locations to work together, sharing files, printers, and other data - just as if you were all in one office - even though you are separated by many miles. All of this is done securely by encrypting your communications as they are transmitted over either private, leased communication lines (provided and managed by the ISP), though the public Internet or a mixture of both.

IP VPN - a type of VPN that uses the public Internet to connect users instead of using more costly private, leased communications lines.

MPLS VPN - This VPN uses MultiProtocol Label Switching for increased performance. MPLS adds a short fixed-length label that acts as a shorthand representation of an IP packet's header. Subsequent routing decisions (made by Label Switched routers) are made based on the MPLS label and not the original IP address. This allows core network routers to operate at higher speeds without needing to examine each packet in detail resulting in a faster and higher quality VPN.

VPN Connectivity - A VPN connection will run though almost any Internet connection such as dial up, wireless, satellite, DSL, T1, T3, etc. A slow or mixed-quality Internet connection like dial up, wireless or satellite make cause VPN disconnections so it is recommended to use DSL or better service when available. Get VPN and VPN connectivity information >>

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$50 to $250 per month

DSL service is an affordable way to receive high speed Internet service

DSL can serve between one to fifteen people (or computers) based on average use

We suggest DSL for office or home office emailing, web browsing or single-user VOIP services

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$3000 to $12,000 per month

When your existing T1 lines are not enough

You want the ability to quickly increase your data capacity up to 45 Mbps or up to 650+ dedicated phone lines.

More cost effective in the long run than bonding multiple T1's.

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Enter the bandwidth you desire in megabits per second e.g. 'We want at least a dedicated 15 Mbps but we might go over this during peak times.'

Please include PRI information

Please include Digital Trunk information

Please include Dedicated Long Distance information

Please include Voice and Web Conferencing information

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Fractional vs. Full T1 Prices

There isn't much of a cost difference between a fractional T1 and a full (1.5 Mbps) T1. Why? Well, so we can better understand, let's start by taking a peak at the specific costs of delivering T1 service.

The fractional T1 service providers have two costs associated with your T1 - the "local loop" and the
"port". The local phone company provides and installs the local loop. The T1 provider supplies the "port" which is connection between the local loop and the Internet (or PSTN if you're using phone service with your T1).

The cost of your local loop is the same - irregardless if it's a full T1 or fractional T1 loop because the local phone company always sets the local loop a 1.54 Mbps. Why? Because it takes the same amount of copper wires and other equipment to run a fractional T1 as it does a full T1. The local phone company views all T1 users as "full T1" users no matter if they are full, or fractional T1's. And of course, the local phone company charges your T1 provider the same cost as well! Since there are no cost savings for the T1 provider or the local phone company on a local loop, the end user customer doesn't get any cost cutting here either.

The cost of the port has two parts - the equipment and the bandwidth charges. The equipment is just like the local loop. The amount of time required to install and maintain the fractional T1 port equipment is the same as required for a full T1 port. No cost savings on equipment.

Finally we get to the cost savings - the bandwidth charges. For the T1 provider, bandwidth charges make up probably about 10% of the total cost of providing a T1. Surprisingly most of the expense in providing T1 services is in getting them installed, paying the local phone company for the local loops, and the ongoing support, billing and other day-to-day maintenance expenses.

Fractional T1 providers are willing to discount fractional T1 services only slightly because it only costs them slightly less to offer the fractional T1 instead of the full T1! Except for bandwidth expenses, the T1 providers' cost of offering fractional and full T1 service is nearly the same.

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